https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/wild-beer-modus-operandi1445Wild Beer Co Modus Operandihttps://www.beerhawk.co.uk/media/catalog/product/w/i/wildbeer_modusoperandi_5060324500025.jpg4.094.09GBPOutOfStock/Browse Our Craft Beers/Browse Our Craft Beers/Beers by Country/British Beers/Browse Our Craft Beers/Beers by Country/Browse Our Craft Beers/Beers by Style/Browse Our Craft Beers/Beers by Style/Brown and Amber Ale/Seasonal Beers/Halloween Beer/Browse Our Craft Beers/Beers by Style/Vegan Beer/Browse Our Craft Beers/Browse by Brewery/Wild Beer CoThe brewery was set up by Brett Ellis and Andrew Cooper, initially, to brew a dark beer that was both barrel-aged and used wild yeasts. The resulting beer was the style-defying Modus Operandi – quite a statement for the first beer. Since they have developed their barrel programme which requires a whole new brewing skill: the art of blending. This incredibly complex beer offers a range of berries and cherries, underpinned with a very tart hit, that is achieved by blending barrels (and yeasts) of aged old ale. Astonishing. Wild Beer Co154.12.1000add-to-cartlow-stockBrown AleBritainWild Beer Co7%6 to 8%330ml7 to 10°C

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The brewery was set up by Brett Ellis and Andrew Cooper, initially, to brew a dark beer that was both barrel-aged and used wild yeasts. The resulting beer was the style-defying Modus Operandi – quite a statement for the first beer. Since they have developed their barrel programme which requires a whole new brewing skill: the art of blending. This incredibly complex beer offers a range of berries and cherries, underpinned with a very tart hit, that is achieved by blending barrels (and yeasts) of aged old ale. Astonishing.

Brewery Info

There is no other brewery in the world making beers like the Wild Beer Company. In fact, there are very few breweries that even look like Wild Beer Company. Most are a study in stainless steel, but walking into Wild Beer’s home on a remote Somerset farm, it’s wood that dominates the scene. Dozens of barrels are stacked floor to ceiling, each with its contents scribbled on the side: Modus, Ninkasi, Sourdough (yes, a beer using sourdough yeast). Not all the beers Wild Beer make will touch the inside of a barrel, but what is clear is that they all live up to their tagline: Drink WILDLY Different.

Take Millionaire for example, a chocolate and salted caramel milk stout that is every bit as decadent as it sounds. Or how about Wild Goose Chase? A tart, sprightly beer fermented using locally-harvested wild yeast and gooseberries? Or perhaps one of our favourite beers (ever?), Sleeping Lemons, a gose (a low-ish alcohol, slightly salty German beer) brewed with lemons preserved in salt – can there be anything more refreshing? Wild Beer is indeed wildly different. And while it can be tempting to take the innovation too far, head brewer Brett Ellis remains true to the aim of making all their beers very drinkable. That’s true whether it’s Zintuki, a quirky sour ale blended from Somerset Wild, their beer fermented using yeast cultivated from a nearby orchard, along with an ale fermented with champagne yeast and some local apple juice, or the more conventional ‘Fresh’ pale ale. Wild Beer pack more flavour in to their beers than many breweries can dream of.

As Brett writes: “We love sour beers, their unrivalled complexity and nuances make them both the most exciting and engaging styles of beer to brew and to drink. The romance and the art of brewing come through in a very different way when using the extraordinary uncontrollable wild yeasts and bacteria.

“There's wild yeast and bacteria everywhere, especially here in Somerset with so many orchards nearby. When you make a happy home for them in your brewery they just show up and spontaneously ferment – and sour – a beer.”

Reviews

I really enjoy the flavours you get from get casking in bourbon and wine barrels, reminds me of a whiskey sour cocktail. The sourness is subtle and works nicely with the deeper flavours of the beer.

Decent oud bruin

80%

Review byMartin 11/04/2018

A pleasant sweet and sour dark ale in the Flanders style. Perhaps lacking the depth of flavour and true richness of the genuine Belgian versions making it a good entry level for the sour browns. A good beer in its own right though .

Pretty good

60%

Review byJames 27/03/2018

Tangy and tart, flavours of chocolate, balsamic vinegar, cola and cherry. Goes great with fish and chips, I must say!

Move over Rodenbach!

80%

Review byEdward 18/01/2018

Well, perhaps we needn't go that far - but if you are having difficulty sourcing a decent Flander's Red then this tart concoction is the next best thing. Can't wait for Wild Beer to cellar it for a few more years and blend something magnificent in the future!

This is a very good beer, though was eclipsed in my opinion by Red Wood 2016 - definitely worth checking out, another winner from Wild Beer

Different!

80%

Review byToad 22/07/2017

Pours a murky medium brown with thin white head. Nose is balsamic and some fruity notes. Flavour is very lightly sweet while more so vinegar character. It is sharp and acidic. I got the bottom of the bottle and there’s quite the sediment there.

Funky tart aroma in a deep red brown pour. Similarly complex flavour profile with sweet malt, tart berries and funky wood - all with the subtlety of the Belgian masters. One of my favourite beers of the style.

Mind blowing

100%

Review byAlex 12/05/2017

Very different taste. Very tart, deep dark fruit flavours. Lovely, couldn't drink many in one go though!

Love this

80%

Review byBeebo 15/04/2017

In aroma vinegar in medium amount, some red berries and tart fruits, in taste similar. Medium to light body, high carbonation, finish tart and vinegary. Nice flanders like beer.

Worth a try

80%

Review bySnozz 07/03/2017

Interesting beer which almost tastes like a red wine. Pours dark red from the 330ml bottle with a sour cherry like aroma. Bit of carbonation in it and a sourish red wine, off cherry taste. Very good

Up my street

80%

Review byMH 31/01/2017

Brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of toffee, cherry, vanilla and vinegar with a hint of solvents. Sweet and sour flavour with toffee and fruity notes.